White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller had choice words for Democrats expressing their outrage over the arrest of two judges for sheltering illegal immigrants scheduled for deportation.
“Democrats spent the last 8 years stripping Americans of due process to jail them for protected political activity; illegally spying on the Trump Campaign; manipulating and fabricating intelligence and then criminally leaking it for partisan gain; using the FBI and intelligence apparatus to pursue political enemies; launching a coup against President Trump and his Administration; persecuting President Trump, his family, his aides and his supporters; censoring and deplatforming and blacklisting the opposition; removing opposition candidates from the ballot; maliciously fabricating false allegations to inflict outrageous financial punishments; raiding President Trump’s home and seizing his property; and weaponizing the entire legal system for the sole objective of incarcerating the Democrat Party’s chief political rival and seeking to illegally obstruct and rig the 2024 election,” Miller posted on X, on Friday.
“At the same time, Democrats orchestrated and engineered a mass invasion of the United States by foreign cartels and enemy terrorists, resulting in immense casualties and suffering across the nation.
“And now these same Democrats howl with rage when the invasion is returned and those who criminally harbor the invaders and feloniously obstruct their removal are held accountable under law.”
Miller’s post came after the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah C. Dugan, after she was alleged to have helped an illegal immigrant avoid arrest in her courtroom.
Dugan, 65, faces charges related to obstructing a proceeding and concealing an individual to prevent their arrest. She is reported to have delayed Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) apprehension of Mexican immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 30, while he appeared in her courtroom on a misdemeanor battery charge earlier this month. Flores-Ruiz, who was deported once before, in 2013, has now been detained by ICE.
When authorities presented a warrant for Flores-Ruiz’s arrest, Dugan apparently asked for more information and told the agents they needed to speak to the chief judge before they could arrest Flores-Ruiz there.
The FBI’s affidavit alleges the judge “became visibly angry, commented that the situation was ‘absurd,’ left the bench, and entered chambers. At the time, Ruiz was seated in the gallery of the courtroom.”
The affidavit claims a courtroom deputy saw Dugan telling Flores-Ruiz and his attorneys to exit through a side door, while the agents sought out the chief judge.
In response to the arrest, Republican state lawmaker Bob Donovan said, “In all my years of Milwaukee politics and public safety issues, working with cops, district attorneys, and judges, I have never seen a more irresponsible act by an officer of the court, let alone a judge, if true.”
On Thursday, a former judge and his wife were arrested in New Mexico after a tip that they were sheltering alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang, whose members have been scheduled under the Alien Enemies Act for expedited deportation.
The couple have been charged with tampering with evidence.